CGTN Documentary (formerly CCTV-9 Documentary) is a Chinese pay television channel operated by the

China Global Television Network China Global Television Network (CGTN) is the international division of state media outlet China Central Television (CCTV), headquartered in Beijing, China. CGTN broadcasts six news and general interest channels in five languages. CGTN is reg ...

(CGTN) group, owned by Chinese

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China Central Television (CCTV). The channel broadcasts

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in the

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, and is China's first state-level English-language documentary channel to broadcast globally. It used to share the "CCTV-9" name with its sister documentary channel in

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. The channel has also been known to carry some Mandarin-language programmes with English subtitles; it broadcasts new programming between 7:00pm and 11:00pm Beijing time, and repeats archival programming at other times.

Availability

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, the digital terrestrial television operator

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relays the channel on channel 74. In

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

, the city's public broadcaster

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used to simulcast the channel as RTHK TV 33 terrestrially in both digital and analogue formats, but on 29 May 2017, RTHK began simulcasting a separate version of

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in its place after a short filler. The CGTN Documentary simulcast were resumed from 1 July 2022, this time on digital-only channel 34. In

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, the channel is aired on different cable systems, including the PTCL (Pakistan Tele Communication Landline). In

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it can be received unencrypted by satellites Hotbird and Astra and in Italy on platform Tivùsat at LCN 88.

Programs

Programs being aired including: * China's Mega Structures * Blades of Grass * Rebuilding the Kakarkorum Highway * Aerial China * A History of China * A Dove Tree * Going the Distance * Animal Aid * Silk Road

References

External links

Official site, including video archive
China Global Television Network channels Television channels and stations established in 2011 2011 establishments in China Documentary television channels {{China-tv-station-stub